>>justine: i was getting some text messages from friends in the oakland area. one person in san francisco is saying they are waiting for a bigger one. f a lot of people seem scared. we just had to earthquakes in one day last week. everyone has been waiting for the big one. we are a little frightened to this morning. >>darya: this one was not

big but it was exactly a week ago. >>james: we had a few more earthquakes over the weekend. yesterday, a shaker near black hawk. >>darya: the usgs.gov as always save the same thing, this one was a 3.6 magnitude. everyone likes to share their thoughts we did feel the earthquake in the studio. we have jerry of a line. where are you calling from? collar about our hercules, calif..

>>james: were you awake when it struck? >>caller: it jolted me pretty good. i immediately woke up. i did not need an alarm clock. i went to check on my son and my wife. they were still sleeping. >>darya: gerry, do you want to swing into action or did you freeze? jerry >> i swung into action quickly. i remember the earthquake and 89. it was devastating. that memory was going through my mind. >>james: what we hear from the veterans of the area who remember strong earthquakes, when things like this happens, you eat immediately sink back to that. it is because you know what can happen. people new to the area spring into action

because they do not know what to expect. you have the unseasoned and the season to reacting in the same way. >>darya: did anything fall off of the wall? >>caller: as i had something fall off the table. this one was a 3.6 magnitude. >>james: 64 your phone call, by the way. we spoke with the usgs. they tell us, you'll always have aftershocks. we will speak to them to see if this is still considered an aftershock or an independent event. >>darya: bart swung into action quickly as is their procedure. jim allison is

live on the phone. tell us what bart did. >> we stopped the trains and did a quick check on the tracks. we are about 10 minutes behind right now. it was essentially a very minor event. we are always prepared. >>mark: >>james: what is the drill that bart goes through? demo we stop the trains where they are for 5 minutes to

make sure there is not another stronger after shock. once it seems that everything is settled down, the trains moved slowly. the trains above ground level are the most vulnerable. once it is determines that everything is safe, we get back up to our normal speeds. we have sensors to out the bay area that can detect earthquakes and help us determine earthquakes independent of the usgs. >>james: what does that mean? to the attendants walked the track? new speaker the train operator looks for a visible signs that there is but structural damage or damage to the

we have been going through earthquake retrofitting. >>james: whenever an earthquake happens and we think about bart, we think about the tunnel. but what it takes for you guys to go down there and inspect that? >> the transbay tube is a vital to our system. it is a part of the earthquake retrofit. if work is not complete, it is almost complete. when it was created there was a train in the transbay tube and

passengers and the train operator were unaware that an earthquake occurred. >>darya: by the way, where are you a and did you feel it? >> i was sound asleep, but i did feel it. i am at home in alameda. something woke me up and i figured it was an earthquake. >>darya: stake you for checking in with us this morning. when you are asleep, these things happen so quickly. i felt like it was maybe two seconds. we are working to get usgs on the phone and speak with our live cruz in the field. in san francisco will tran did not feel it, jackie sissel did it feel it in oakland.

>>james: he is near the middle of where the earthquakes occur in one week ago today. >>darya: we are going to go to will tran in san francisco right now. we are here on the best evidence. we felt the earthquake is quite strong. it was quick but sharp, you felt nothing? well >> i did not feel anything. yoli eceves is here with me, she did not feel anything. we could be in the minority. we're going to walk around and get some reaction. you have been here for about 30 minutes or so, did you feel that earthquake? >> maybe i did, but i am so cold, i thought maybe my

body was shivering. well >> what do you think? >> it happens. these people have been here for days with occupies san francisco. james has been sitting here all morning. did you notice your quick? >> i did. i thought i was crazy for a second. did you panic? >> i did not. >>will: i had a chance to

walk of occupied sf. many people are still slipping. obviously the tools did not wake them up. some people did feel it. people were unsure until i told them it was an earthquake. >>will: if you are up and walking around? many people who felt it said that they were sleeping. we felt it down the street on van ness ave. it was pretty strongly felt and oakland. we have people on the phone. good morning. what kind of place to do you live in? tell us what you felt. >>caller: i live in east oakland. i was on my knees

stretching and i felt it. it was a different feeling that i have ever felt. >>james: but you felt it come up through the ground. caller >> the only damage was to my nerves. laughter >> so it just hit and was

>>darya: did you have your emergency staff? caller >> i did not. i will go get that today. >>james: , many of us are in that category. i do not even have earthquake straps >>erica: my heart is beating fast. i was standing here doing a weather report and the lights on top of me started shaking. let me walk you through the time line and give you the facts of what happened earlier this morning. we have received over 280 comments on facebook. the epicenter was

near berkeley, just east of it. even though the steps was only 6 mi., many viewers are telling us that they felt the earthquake through panel, santa clara and los gatos. a couple of people felt in sausalito. i will keep you posted on any aftershocks. >>james: i have a list of what we have experienced in berkeley. one a week ago we have the two earthquakes and struck the area. over the weekend we had a few others as well. there was a 2.8 magnitude and a 1.3. there was also a 4.9 magnitude that struck at about 12:45 p.m. in the area of the berkeley which is stronger in magnitude than the four. know that we had last thursday. is there a

stronger ones yet to come? who knows. >>darya: that is all people are talking about this morning. randy with the usgs is on the phone. >>darya: we have seen it so much seismic activity was this an aftershock? there was a 4.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred october 20th. this is

probably just one in this series. >>darya: de expect to see more of these smaller earthquakes? >> yes. i think they will probably continue to be aftershocks. it is usually followed by aftershocks there this magnitude. >>darya: what can you tell us about the shape of today's earthquake. would officially would you describe it as?

>> there are different kind of waves generated by the earthquake. >>james: the bay area is are riddled with faults. do these earthquakes do anything to alleviate the pressure on the faults? >> it is difficult to say. you have stressed that builds up in certain particular areas probably closest to the northern hayward fault. when you

have the earthquakes, stresses are reduced. >>darya: would you say that this is a good thing to relieve the pressure of or, can they wake up other faults and more activity? >> it is hard to say. generally the ones that occur have occurred at different areas and a large quake has never been generated from that. >>darya: why do you refer to it as a swarm? >> that is a grouping of earthquakes that occur, usually a sizable quake occurs first and is followed by an aftershock over a few days or weeks. >>james: just counting them

up, we have had almost 10 over the course of the last week. we should not read anything into the fact that these are occurring and the berkeley area? >>darya: that was randy baldwin from the usgs.

>>justine: there is no report of damage or injury. that is a good thing to report. not only in berkeley, it was felt in san lorenzo.

>>justine: if you have a video that you took during the time of the earthquake, e-mail us at breakingnews@kron4.com. we are hoping to gather images to illustrate what the earthquake did in the bay area. if you have pictures or video, feel free to send it to us. on facebook there is definitely a craving for information.

>>james: a 3.6 magnitude earthquake center of 1 mi. east of berkeley. it dealt fairly strong, at least here in san francisco. >>darya: all of our lights suede. if it was a quick, short as a jolt. jackie sissel is live. he was covering the oakland protesters

jackie sisse. >>jackie: i was above the tracks here at the bart station. i will try to make

my way over to berkeley to see if there was any other damage. >>mark: did you notice anyone walking around saying, was that an earthquake? >>jackie: there were other television crews and occupy protesters but no one felt it. i walked over to say, we had an earthquake, the other reporters in the cruise, their phones started ringing but they had no idea that there was inadequate. i think i just happened to be standing still at the right place at the right time. a little different when you are in an open place. it was strong enough that if you were standing still, you definitely felt it. i did

not see any damage or swaying in downtown oakland. these are old stone buildings. for the most part, it was one of those quakes that as soon as you feel it, you know that it is a different the what you would normally feel above a bart station. it felt different and almost instinctively i knew that we are having an earthquake. it was only two seconds or so later that you guys started talking about it in the newsroom. i knew that for sure we had an earthquake. >>darya: many people were in bed. they always say that you feel it more when you are in bed. let's see how far down the street and oakland to this view are is an oakland.

>>caller: i am right across a lake on lakeshore. i felt a sharp jolt. i was sitting on the edge of my bed petting my cats. mike had all a sudden flew off of the dead. when she went off of the bed, before it even hits, it was coming. i felt a very sharp jolt. analysts 6 floor. >>darya: the cat reacted before you sell your quick? >>caller: yes! i went through the last two earthquakes, i was in a vehicle during the one on the daytime and i thought someone get my van. >>darya: they are calling

this a swarm. >>caller: the one last week in the evening, it kind of scared me. my pictures are still cattywampus on the wall. >>darya: are you prepared? >>caller: i am prepared. we had a tense meeting and i give a demonstration of what everyone should have. >>darya: that is good.

>>james: we are back with more coverage in a minute. we have much more on the earthquake as well as your reactions.

>>darya: welcome back to the kron 4 morning news and our special team coverage about the earthquake that hit about an hour ago and center in berkeley. it was not that big but people felt it. >>james: it was a 3.6 magnitude. depending on where you are, it felt strong. and justin herman plaza we have a will tran following the latest with occupy san francisco. >>darya: werke cocteau was

getting ready for her report on the weather, she has the details. >>erica: i was about to talk about the weather and all the sudden the lights started shaking around. the earthquake only lasted a few seconds, but the lights continue to shake. i quickly want to walk you through the facts. the earthquake hit at 5:36 a.m.. we received a lot of phone calls and comments. the magnitude was originally a 3.9 has since been downgraded. the epicenter was right near berkeley. that debt was 6 mi.. we're hearing reports of people feel it shaking growth in all, los gatos and into the north bay. i am keeping my eyes out on any aftershocks. so far, we do not have any. george is here with bold looks on the effect of the earthquake on

bart. >>george: right now there is no impact on bart. they did go into a five minute hold when the earthquake first occurred. for a period of about 20 minutes, they had attended a residual delays but everything has cleared up. as for a while muni metro was delayed as well. those were the only impact that we heard about. there have been no reports of damage or problems on the freeways or roadways. >>darya: we are not getting word of any damage but i do want to mention, one person

on my facebook fan page said, in san leandro we are having a weird power outages. not sure if that is from the air if we. we will check on the power outages and if they are connected to the earthquake. if you are experiencing anything connected to the earth with light power outages >>mark: justine waldman is in the newsroom. let's find out what she is hearing. >>justine: we are hearing a lot of feedback about what viewers felt and saw and how scared they are this

morning after a 3.6 magnitude earthquake has hit the east bay. could this possibly be the leading up to eight big one? that is what one viewer is saying.

one viewer said, this was a good alarm clock this morning. many people work woken up by a big jolt. here in the newsroom, we all looked at one another. nothing fell off and the walls or desks or anything like that. there was no damage according to berkeley police. there also no injuries to report. we are trying to tell the story from your point of view. if you have the pictures or happened to capture any video, we would love to see it. e-mail us at www.breakingnews@kron4.com. feel free to come onto our facebook fan page or any of our personal pages i find it

interesting that people are reported what they felt and saw, not just people in the east bay. >>darya: we were here on the set that could not show you any shaking. we were showing a video of the occupy movement. >>darya: it was all a sudden. the lights started swayed. the earthquake was centered in the berkeley. >>darya: we have someone else, good morning. what is your name and tell us where you are. >>caller: my name is carmen. i am in berkeley. it was very strong. it felt like the one on thursday. it was different. it was ring during. i could feel the

walls of the building the vibrating for a little bit.

>>darya: we have special coverage of the earthquake that hit this morning, centered and berkeley. the earthquake woke up a lot of people. part of what usgs experts tell us, this was a

swarm of earthquakes. >>james: we had a bigger earthquake a week ago, here is what we have seen it since then. then, we had a three-point to it yesterday and of course this morning a 3.6, 1 mi. east of downtown berkeley. >>darya: our studios got a quick jolt. we have been talking to a lot of viewers

sharing thoughts on facebook and here on the air telling us that they were asleep or in bed. that is when you feel an earthquake most. >>mark: we will continue our coverage in a moment. we will take a break and be right back. cuff sadat and

>>darya: 6:46 a.m.. we're keeping you up to date with the latest earthquake news. an earthquake hit this morning at 536 a and centered in berkeley's. it was a part of the swarm of earthquakes.

>>will: and i felt nothing. many people out here felt the same reaction that i did. most said that they did not feel anything. they are a little surprised that it even happens. we did get a chance to speak with a woman in oakland as well as a beauty driver. here is what they had to say. >> i live in a basement apartment in oakland. the entire house was shaking. >>will: how long did it feel like it was shaking? >> not very long. it was really scary. it was over before i could get upset.

>>will: what did you think? are you scared? >> not really. i am waiting for the big one. >>will: he is called. he said he was at his house. it is quiet here at occupies san francisco. people in the east bay have logged on facebook. many of my relatives are asking, did you feel that? >>darya: you are the exception. when you are laying in bed and all is quiet, many people felt it. >>james: zone are wondering what is wrong will will.

>>darya: we have been wondering that for a long time. laughter >>caller: i live in walnut creek. i was in a deep sleep and i sold a huge joke. it woke me up. my bed was shaking. i looked around and there was a continuous shaking. it was definitely pretty frightening. i did not feel anything last week. >>mark: i was going to ask you if you felt the one from last week. >>darya: are you prepared for an earthquake? >>caller: i have my bottled water. peak

>>george: we have not had any reports of roadway or structure damage. >>james: justine waldman has hundreds of commons this morning on facebook. >>justine: so many people are telling us what they felt, what they saw and what they heard when this earthquake hit. it is a 3.6

magnitude centered 1 mi. east of berkeley. people all across the bay area are reporting feeling something or possibly nothing. we have more reports from people in concord saying that it felt pretty good. >>justine: some people in san leandro are saying that

they are not having power. a lot of people are saying that they sold bigger and stronger than the ones that happened a week ago. we will be right back with more on our breaking news coverage on the most recent earthquake to hit the east bay. of

>>darya: we are taking phone calls and facebook responses about where you were and what you felt this morning when the earth shook. more with a couple of minutes, did not go away.